DME & Dr ordered (?) overnight pulse ox

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newhosehead
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DME & Dr ordered (?) overnight pulse ox

Post by newhosehead » Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:58 pm

I would be extremely interested in responses to the following: Does your DME call you on a semi-regular basis (let's say every 3 or 4 months) and tell you your Doctor has ordered an overnight pulse ox test for you? If so, have you done the test and later found your doctor did not, in fact, order the test?
Is anyone in a situation where a Dr. ordered overnight pulse ox tests to be done regularly as a standing order type of thing?
Thanks in advance for your response(s).
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Re: DME & Dr ordered (?) overnight pulse ox

Post by LSAT » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:28 pm

I would call the doctor and ask if he ordered it...if yes...ask why. If no...fire the DME.

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Re: DME & Dr ordered (?) overnight pulse ox

Post by newhosehead » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:32 pm

LSAT, yes, that call will be made on Monday. I am in the beginning of a, shall we say, investigative process that may prove to be quite interesting all around.
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Re: DME & Dr ordered (?) overnight pulse ox

Post by ems » Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:57 pm

After reading this thread, I've decided not to trust my DME... and will consult with my doctor on everything! Can't say I've had a great experience with the DME anyway. They gave me the machine that my doctor ordered (I think), and did just enough so that I wouldn't complain about them to my doctor.
If only the folks with sawdust for brains were as sweet and obliging and innocent as The Scarecrow! ~a friend~